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Alternate Picking Speed & Accuracy

Learn exercises and methods that will increase the speed and accuaracy of your alternate picking.

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A metronome is required but a free download of the one used in the course is provided.

Adobe Reader or another application to view PDFs is required to view the tablature resources

An mp3 player is required to play the downloadable backing tracks.

Description

Have you ever wondered how guitarists like John Petrucci, Jeff Loomis, and Steve Morse achieve such speed and precision in their alternate picking?

Well, we are going to break down the technical details of alternate picking to its smallest parts and use a step-by-step approach to build your alternate picking technique from the ground up so you can take your guitar playing to the next level.

You will start with exercises that isolate the left hand and right hand. Then you will move on to topics such as:

Single String Technique

Inside and Outside Picking

String Skipping

One Note Per String

As you master each new technique, you are presented with fun-to-play etudes that you will learn and then play back over included, full band backing tracks. Backing tracks are provided at various tempos so you can progress at your own rate.

If you have been looking for the answer to the alternate picking mastery, look no further.

Who is the target audience?

This course is suited for new or veteran guitar players that would like to increase the speed and accuracy of their alternate picking.

No prior experience is experience is needed. However, it would be helpful to have at least some knowledge of scales.

My name is Adam and I have been playing guitar for over 25 years. I studied music theory and classical guitar in college but my true passion is electric guitar. After college, I attended the Atlanta Institute of Music where I studied with some great instructors including Jimmy Herring. I've got some great courses coming up so stay tuned.